11:00 am – Brunch at The Abbey Join us for our annual Father’s Day Brunch at The Abbey in West Hollywood. Order from the all-you-can-eat buffet or order off of the menu. After brunch, bring the kids next door to play in West Hollywood Park! This is a celebratory event welcoming gay dads and their […]

By Henry Amador As I prepare to celebrate my fourth Father’s Day, my mind and its thoughts slowly drift towards my own father (as they always seems to do) as they have done for as long as I can own those thoughts. Much like on Mother’s day accepting that those thoughts are wrapped in the […]

By Alex Temblador Even though it may seem like moms dominate the vlog world, don’t worry dads, there are a lot of YouTube channels that feature awesome fathers sharing their life, their stories, and their families with the world. Check out these eight awesome YouTube channels that feature fathers and then spread the word so […]

By Alexandra Temblador There are few holidays that can cause us to reflect on how diverse family structures are in America than Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. With these holidays just around the corner, it’s good to consider what these holidays symbolize in the lives of many children across the United States. For some, Mother’s […]

By Amber Leventry To all of the great dads out there, I hope you had a wonderful Father’s Day. I know some families without fathers celebrated moms or other guardians on Father’s Day even though they are not dads. They feel they play a role of both mother and father and they want to be […]

Join The Abbey on June 15th for a Father’s Day Brunch! Brunch begins at 11am and wraps up around 1pm where everyone is then invited to walk over to the West Hollywood park for a free concert that begins right at 1pm cosponsored by The City of West Hollywood and RaiseAChildUS. There will be lots of fun activities […]

By Rob Watson My “dad” instincts started when I was very young. My earliest memories are from age three. I believe a significant event kick-started the memory-recall part of my brain. It was the news that my mother was pregnant and I was going to become a big brother. I was going to have someone […]

By: Shannon Ralph I have not celebrated Father’s Day in quite a long time. My own father passed away when I was eleven years old. My grandfather on my dad’s side died when I was an infant, and I have no memory of him. My grandfather on my mother’s side was around well […]

By: Tanya Ward Goodman I was at the eye doctor recently and my ophthalmologist asked me if my father was still alive. I was sitting in the dark, my chin on a cold metal shelf, staring wide as she aimed a bright light into my eye. “He died,” I said. I wondered if tears would […]

By: Laurenne Sala I think it’s only fair that you get a big fat celebratory hug today, too. You may have a vagina and you may not possess the other usual characteristics of the stereotypical dad, but in many ways you’ve been a better dad than many. You bought me a skateboard and a wiffle […]